Complete Box Score

NAMPA, Id. (Sept. 16)--Heidi Jacobson scored first and last for her sixth and seventh goals of the season as nationally 3rd-ranked Seattle Pacific University cruised by Northwest Nazarene 4-0, in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference women’s soccer season opener Friday afternoon in Nampa.

The Falcons (7-0-0/1-0-0) landed three goals in the second half of play, as they peppered the Northwest Nazarene goal with 23 shots on the afternoon. Jacobson (Sr., Kirkland, Wa.) put the final bookend on scoring in the 69th-minute, unassisted.

Seattle Pacific boosted its regular season unbeaten streak to 44 (42-0-2) games with the victory. The Falcons have not dropped a GNAC contest in 33 tries, a streak that dates back to 2002, and have been to NCAA playoffs the past two seasons. NNU moved to 2-5-0/0-1-0.

Jennifer Burns (Fr., Boise, Id.) was forced into just two saves in goal for Seattle Pacific as the defense held NNU to three shots overall; Crusader keeper Amanda Merrell had 10. SPU finished ahead in the corner-kick ratio 9-1.

Jacobson tallied her sixth goal on the season four minutes into the match, off a long cross from teammate Shannon Lovejoy (Sr., Seattle, Wa.). The senior forward controlled the ball near the 18-yard line and beat Merrell to the left post.

Megan Lienhard (Sr., Everett, Wa.) scored at 52:22 and turned around 12 minutes later to combine with Lacey Keyser (Fr., Eugene, Or.) in assisting Meredith Teague (Fr., Redmond, Wa.) on her first strike of the season. Lienhard has four scores on the year.

The Falcons return to Seattle for a season long four game home stand, beginning Monday with a non-conference match-up with Grand Canyon. Kick-off is scheduled for 7PM.

Scoring: 1, SPU, Jacobson (Lovejoy) 3:39; 2) SPU, Lienhard (unassisted) 52:22; 3) SPU, Teague (Keyser, Lienhard) 64:50; 4) SPU, Jacobson (unassisted) 68:46.

Shots: SPU 23, NNU 3.

Saves: SPU (Burns 2, Ruggles), NNU (Merrell 10).

C. Kicks: SPU 9, NNU 1.

Fouls: SPU 7, NNU 6.